Mercedes-Benz 2009 E-Class Operator's Manual page 85

Find the SmartKey or change its present
location immediately (e.g. place it on the
front passenger seat or insert it in shirt
pocket).
If you have started the engine with the
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KEYLESS-GO start/stop button, you can
turn it off again by
pressing the KEYLESS-GO start/stop
-
button
inserting the SmartKey into the starter
-
switch when the vehicle is at a standstill
and the automatic transmission is in park
position P
The vehicle could be inadvertently
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unlocked if the SmartKey is within 3 ft (1 m)
of the vehicle and
an outside door handle is splashed with
-
water
or
you attempt to clean an outside door
-
handle
Remember that the engine can be started
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by anyone with a SmartKey that is left
inside the vehicle.
Possibility 1 (One SmartKey in the vehicle,
one SmartKey outside the vehicle):
If you leave the SmartKey behind when
exiting and locking the vehicle, no message
appears in the multifunction display.
Possibility 2 (One SmartKey in the vehicle,
no SmartKey outside the vehicle):
When exiting and trying to lock the vehicle,
the message Key Detected In Vehicle
appears in the multifunction display. The
vehicle will not be locked.
Factory setting
X
Global unlocking: Pull an outside door
handle.
The vehicle will lock again automatically
and rearm the anti-theft alarm system
within approximately 40 seconds if neither
door nor trunk/tailgate is opened.
Controls in detail
Locking and unlocking
Lock button on the outside door handle
1
X
Global locking: Press lock button
outside door handle.
Lock button on the tailgate (wagon)
1
X
Global locking with the lock button on
the tailgate (wagon): Press lock button
on the tailgate.
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